To modify the requirement to remain outside of the United States for Commonwealth Only Transitional Workers, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1420.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SABLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 43, March 7, 2023, Page H1152):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Under Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 4 and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: Northern Marianas workforce improvement
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2023 ↗

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  274 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1420, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1420

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fc8c5e110e9cd77ee676108054016d7605bbb6239885db47e340e488affb6058

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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